Apparel-belt buckle



K. DOUGAN.

APPAREL BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, I921.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

- INVENTO'R UNITED STATES PATET KENNEDY DOUGAN, or MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA.

APPAREL-BELT BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, KENNEDY DoUcAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and.

rable and sightly and conceal the adjustable end of the belt when beingworn. I r

' 'I attain these objects by the means illus trated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a central horizontal section through the buckle'showing boththe fixed and free ends of the belt in full lines and means for securingthe buckle to the belt.

Fig. 2 shows the body side of the buckle with both ends of thebeltsecured to the buckle.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the buckle w1th both the fixed and free end ofthe belt shown partly in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 shows an end View of the buckle without the belt, looking towardthe right in Figs. 1 and 2. V

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the buckle at its center lookingtoward the right.

Fig. 6 is an end View of the buckle looking toward the left. Figs. 7 and8 show a modified form of the device for holding the fixed end of thebelt.

Fig. 9 shows the buckle curved to fit the body of the wearer, and showsalso a modified form of a portion to be explained herein later.

Figs. 10 to 13 inclusive show slight modifications of parts to beexplained later. 1

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive:

1 is the fixed end of the belt; 2, the adjustable end of the*belt whichis held between the flat surface 3 of the buckle and the belt holder 4which is slidable between surface 3 and the inwardly turned slopinportions 5 of the sides 6. It will be noticed that the sides 5 arenarrower at the middle than at the ends and that the edges serve toretain belt holding devices 4 and'll in contact with the belt. The outerends of parts use.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented jq 29 1921 Application filedApril 14, 1921. Serial 110. 461,261.

5 are too close to surface 3 to allow parts 4 and 11 to drop out whenthe belt is not in In placing parts and 11 the sides 5 are sprung apartslightly near the middle of the buckle and the parts forced into place,

the sides springing back prevent their comin out.

the buckle, belt holder 4 is drawn towarc the center of the buckle andthe thumb pressed upon portion 7 which draws the holding end 8 away fromsurface 3, the portion 9 acting as afulcrum. After the end of taneouslypulled with the right: i

10 is an opening formed in belt holder over which thethumb may be placedwheri moving said belt holder; the object of said hole is to insuregreater friction between thumb and belt holder.

hen inserting the free end of the belt in Themeans for holding the fixedwe the belt are -identicalwith-those describedfor'holding the free endexcept that portion 7 is omitted from belt holder 11 and the beltholding portion has teeth 12 in it as shown. in Fig.- 4. In order thatthere shall be no obstruction. for the free end of the belt to strikewhen being pushed through holder 11 may bemade as shown in Figs.

7 and 8, 7being a viewfr'om the body side and 8 a View in the directionof the arrow. The portion 14 is beveled as shown in Fig. 7 and the endof the belt striking the beveled portion is guided toward the center ofthe buckle. i

Fig. 9. shows a top view of what will preb- I ably be the preferred formof the buckle.

The upper side 6 is partly broken away to show the lower portion 5, theidea beingto decrease the pitch'or angle of the edge of portion 5 sothat increased pressure will havlng be put on the belt holders as theynear the end of the buckle.

Referring to'l ig. 10 which shows the sides 5 folded down close uponsides 6: The object of having sides 5 spaced away from sides 6 as shownin some of the figures, is merely to furnish a widened portion forcontact with the clothing so as to reduce injurious wear thereon, butpractice may demonstrate that spacing away of said sides is notnecessary. 15 are projections of the form shown, their function being tooffer an additional safeguard against the dropping out of parts 4. and11.

Referring to Figs. 11 and 12,-it will'be noted that the working edges ofsides 5 are beveled and that there are beveled notches formed in theends of belt holder l, the object of which is to prevent the possibilityof belt holder l slipping out when in use, and great pressure is exertedthereon and when the buckle is made of Very light material. 16 areprojections turned in on side pieces 6 to prevent the possibility oflosing parts a and 11 when the belt is not in use. Should the pressureof holder 11 tend to curve the buckle as shown in Fig. 11, the teeth'maybe made shorter in the middle of the holder as shown in Fig. 13 which isa diagrammatic view with a portion shown broken away.

The operation has been explained as the description proceeded.

I claim;

1. A belt buckle including a front plate parallel sides, taperinggrooves formed in said sides adjacent said front plate the sides of saidgrooves converging toward the ends of said buckle, and belt holdingmeans in said grooves adapted to hold the belt by forcing it againstsaid front plate. 7

2. A belt buckle including a front plate having parallel sides, taperinggrooves formed in said sides adjacent said front plate the sides of saidgrooves converging toward the ends of said buckle, belt holding means insaid grooves adapted to hold the belt by forcing it against said frontplate, and loose part retaining means,

A belt buckle including a front plate having parallel sides, taperinggrooves formed in said sides adjacent said front plate the sides of saidgrooves converging toward the ends of said buckle, beltholding means insaid grooves adapted to hold 5 the belt byforcing it against said frontplate, and means for guiding the belt into the middle of the buckle.

a. A belt buckle including a front plate having parallel sides, taperinggrooves formed in said. sides adjacent said front plate the sides ofsaid grooves converging toward the ends of said buckle, belt holdingmeans in said grooves adapted to hold the belt by forcing it againstsaid front plate, and means for preventing spreading of the sides ofsaid buckle when unusual strain is put 7 upon the belt.

April 11th,'1921.

KENNEDY DOUG-AN.

Witnesses Fnnn- GARDNER, S. SHUFELDT.

